Highlights from a new report on resource efficiency indicators for Asia Pacific to be presented at the World Resources Forum Asia Pacific, June 1-3, 2015

31 May 2015

UNEP Project Coordinator, Janet Salem, will present highlights from a new report “Indicators for a resource efficient Green Asia and the Pacific ” by UNEP, CSIRO, and the Asia-Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production at the World Resources Forum Asia Pacific, June 1-3 2015.

"We've found that recovering the five million tonnes of metal such as iron, aluminium and copper locked up in landfills or discarded products could provide up to 70 per cent of Australia's metal consumption each year," - Ass Prof. Damien Giurco (Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS).